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Invoices

A lower-cost way to get invoices paid

Businesses that invoice customers often accept card payments to get paid faster, but that convenience carries a processing cost on every invoice paid by card.

Why businesses add a 'pay now' card option to invoices

Letting customers pay an invoice by card, rather than waiting on a bank transfer, generally speeds up collection. But every card payment carries a merchant fee, which reduces the amount the business actually receives against the invoice total.

PayTo for larger, less frequent payments

For invoices with larger amounts, a per-transaction card fee can be a disproportionately large cost. PayTo allows a customer to authorise payment of an invoice directly from their bank account, giving the business a real-time confirmation without the card acceptance cost.

Payment links for one-off invoices

A shareable payment link attached to an invoice lets a customer pay immediately, from any device, without the business needing to take payment details manually.

Recurring invoices and retainers

For businesses that invoice the same client on a recurring basis, an authorised payment agreement can automate collection without needing to re-request payment details each billing cycle.

Reconciling invoice payments

Real-time payment confirmation makes it easier to match a payment to the correct invoice automatically, reducing the manual reconciliation work involved in tracking which invoices have been paid.

Calculate your invoice payment costs

See what card fees cost on your invoice payments today, and compare an account-to-account alternative.